TITLE 33

EDUCATION

CHAPTER 59

IDAHO SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY ACT

33-5904.   school safety and security program. (1) There is hereby established in the office of the state board of education the school safety and security program. The executive director of the office of the state board of education may hire a manager of the school safety and security program who shall be responsible for the performance of the regular administrative functions of the program and other duties as the executive director may direct. The manager of the school safety and security program shall be a nonclassified employee. The executive director of the office of the state board of education may employ persons in addition to the manager in other positions or capacities as necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the school safety and security program as set forth in this section. The executive director of the state board of education shall provide an office, office equipment, and facilities as may be reasonably necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the program manager and other program personnel.

(2)  The executive director of the office of the state board of education and the manager and other personnel of the school safety and security program may enter all public educational facilities in this state at reasonable times to conduct annual assessments for consistency with the school safety and security guidelines developed by the Idaho school safety and security advisory board. To the extent possible, such assessments should occur simultaneously with inspections conducted pursuant to section 39-8008, Idaho Code. The school safety and security program shall prepare a written report for each security assessment it conducts. At a minimum, such reports shall include any safety or security vulnerabilities found in the subject school and recommendations for remedying such vulnerabilities. The program shall provide a copy of the report to the local education agency or institution and to the school principal or institution president. The program shall also prepare an annual report, a copy of which shall be submitted to the state board of education and to the Idaho school safety and security advisory board each year.

(3)  Upon request of any public educational institution, the school safety and security program shall provide training and technical assistance on best practices and resources for school safety and security as set forth in the guidelines established by the Idaho school safety and security advisory board.

(4)  The office of the state board of education may receive grant moneys on behalf of the school safety and security program to carry out the responsibilities of the program.

(5)  On July 1 of each year, or as soon as practicable, the state controller shall transfer three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) from the public school income fund to the school safety and security program’s miscellaneous revenue fund 0349-36 for the purposes of this section.

History:

[(33-5904) 33-5804, added 2016, ch. 192, sec. 1, p. 534; am. and redesig. 2017, ch. 58, sec. 16, p. 111; am. 2021, ch. 98, sec. 1, p. 330.]